Connect an Amiga to the Mac. Possible???

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  1. Axegrinder, Jul 19, 2006

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    Is it possible using an analog tv receiver such as this to connect, say, an Amiga 1200? The EyeTV EZ blurb suggests you can connect a console, therefore an Amiga would work, right?

    How cool would that be having a window on your desktop playing classic Amiga games using a real Amiga?

    Or am i nuts/dreaming*


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  2. liketom, Jul 19, 2006

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  3. Axegrinder, Jul 19, 2006

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    Rather than emulation, I was thinking more in terms of the viablity of displaying the signal produced by the Amiga through an analog tv receiever i.e. would it work?
     
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  4. liketom, Jul 19, 2006

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    should do if it uses a standard analog freq
     
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  5. Dagless, Jul 19, 2006

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    The Amiga has composite and regular aerial output so you should be fine.

    I find it amazing how consoles were born with composite outputs (Amiga, NES) yet they were ditched for aerial output until this gen. what happened?
     
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  6. HydroMan, Jul 19, 2006

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    Hmm, I think I might dust off my trusty A500, not so sure what the floppy's will be like after all these years though.
     
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  7. Dagless, Jul 19, 2006

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    If they're anything like mine they will be fine! I've been playing through some old GB and Amiga games recently and they still play like a charm!
     
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  8. benthewraith, Jul 19, 2006

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    I've heard it said that Amiga was perhaps the best OS ever created? Is this true?
     
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  9. HydroMan, Jul 19, 2006

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    That's encouraging, only problem is they're stored in the loft and what with the heat today!

    In it's day yes (multi tasking etc), probably a reason I bought a Mac.

    Edit: Looking for my Rocket Ranger disks and that cardboard wheel thing :D
     
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